Jan Oblak does not live his best moment at Atlético. The goalkeeper, considered by many the best of the last five yearsHe has experienced a series of improper failures in him during this season. Real Sociedad, Getafe or Cádiz lived with ‘surprise’ as the Slovenian helped them to add on their scoreboard … Yes, the same as so many times he raised walls between the three suits.
And so it comes to this Super Cupknowing that you need a great performance to eliminate doubts and regain that security in its qualities, innumerable during the last years. Back to its majestic level, in short. The one that gave so many points to an Atlético that could not be understood without the saving saves of the Slovenian.
Hero in the semifinals in Arabia 2020
For Jan, in code Spain Supercupthere is a special memory .. on the positive. We talk about semi-finals of the 2020 edition in which the Slovenian was the protagonist for eliminate Barça. That 2-3 went down in history for the decisive goal by Correabut Simeone’s men would not have reached the decisive minutes even if it had not been for the goalkeeper.
So what He received two goals, the work of Messi and Griezmannbut Oblak received up to 16 shots in a match, the last of Valverde, in which the rojiblancos suffered a siege that only a goal like the second captain of Atlético can contain. He fit two, but yesup to seven more shots Among the three clubs in which it is the best performance of the goalkeeper in a Super Cup.
Another damn penalty shootout
Refreshed the positive, now it’s time to talk about itto Oblak’s thorn with this tournament. We talk about the end of 2020we talk about another fatal penalty shootout with Real Madrid as a rival and a final as a stage. It was in Jeddah, also Arabia, and the Slovenian did not stop any of the four penalties taken by the madridistas (Carvajal, Rodrygo, Modric and Ramos marked their pitches) while Saúl and Thomas failed theirs to see how the title vanished from the hands of the rojiblancos.
Despite everything, the tournament served to break an irregular dynamic, conquer Anfield two months later with a portentous performance by the Slovenian and, stopped by Covid through, return stronger at the end of the season … and lay the foundations of LaLiga won last year.
Substitute in 2014 … upon landing
In any case, Oblak he knows what it is to win the Super Cup. In fact, he did so shortly after arriving at Atlético in 2014 to replace a Courtois that he returned to Chelsea after succeeding precisely in the team that then played at the Calderón. That competition was won precisely against a Madrid that drew one at the Bernabéu … and fell 1-0 on the banks of the Manzanares with a goal from Mandzukic.
But Oblak, who had become the Most expensive goalkeeper in LaLiga with the 16 million it costHe lived the duel on the bench. Some annoyances gave Moyá ownership, who was the goalkeeper until he was injured in the Champions League, the Slovenian came out and showed that he was a goal … until today, where he arrives with strength to remove the thorn of the Super Cup.
